Item

Indicator, Button, or

Icon

Description

 

Connector

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE: On ACPI-compliant operating systems, turning

 

 

 

off the system using the power button causes the

 

 

 

system to perform a graceful shutdown before power

 

 

 

to the system is turned off.

2

NMI button

 

Used to troubleshoot software and device driver errors

 

 

 

when running certain operating systems. This button can

 

 

 

be pressed using the end of a paper clip.

 

 

 

Use this button only if directed to do so by qualified

 

 

 

support personnel or by the operating system's

 

 

 

documentation.

3

System identification button

 

The identification buttons on the front and back panels

 

 

 

can be used to locate a particular system within a rack.

 

 

 

When one of these buttons is pressed, the system status

 

 

 

indicator on the back flashes until one of the buttons is

 

 

 

pressed again.

 

 

 

Press to toggle the system ID on and off. If the system

 

 

 

stops responding during POST, press and hold the system

 

 

 

ID button for more than five seconds to enter BIOS

 

 

 

progress mode.

 

 

 

To reset the iDRAC (if not disabled in F2 iDRAC setup)

 

 

 

press and hold the button for more than 15 seconds.

4

Video connector

 

Allows you to connect a VGA display to the system.

5

Diagnostic indicators

 

The diagnostic indicators light up to display error status.

6

USB connectors (2)

 

Allows you to connect USB devices to the system. The

 

 

 

ports are USB 2.0-compliant.

7

Information tag

 

A slide-out label panel which allows you to record system

 

 

 

information such as Service Tag, NIC, MAC address, and

 

 

 

so on as per your need.

8

Optical drive (optional)

 

One optional slim SATA DVD-ROM drive or DVD+/-RW

 

 

 

drive.

9

Hard drives

 

Up to four 3.5 inch cabled hard drives.

LCD Panel Features

NOTE: The LCD Panel feature is not available in a cabled hard-drive system.

The system's LCD panel provides system information and status and error messages to indicate when the system is operating correctly or when the system needs attention. See System Error Messages for information about specific error codes.

The LCD backlight lights blue during normal operating conditions and lights amber to indicate an error condition.

The LCD backlight is off when the system is in standby mode and can be turned on by pressing either the Select, Left, or Right button on the LCD panel.

The LCD backlight remains off if LCD messaging is turned off through the iDRAC utility, the LCD panel, or other tools.

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